Oyster Bay (New York)

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Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt's summer home at Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt's summer home at Sagamore Hill
Location in Nassau County (New York)
Location in Nassau County (New York)
Basic data
Foundation : 1667
State : United States
State : new York
County : Nassau County
Coordinates : 40 ° 46 ′  N , 73 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′  N , 73 ° 30 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 293,214 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,084.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 439 km 2  (approx. 169 mi 2 ) of
which 270.3 km 2  (approx. 104 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 55 m
Postal code : 11771
Area code : +1 516
FIPS : 36-56000
GNIS ID : 0979336
Website : www.oysterbaytown.com
Mayor : John Venditto

Oyster Bay is a town in eastern Nassau County on Long Island in the US state of New York . The administrative seat is in the hamlet of the same name .

history

The town was originally (from 1640 at the latest) a part of New Amsterdam . In 1667 it became independent in the course of the dissolution of Nieuw Nederland . It belonged to Queens County until 1898, but when it moved to New York City it broke up into the newly formed Nassau County together with Hempstead , North Hempstead , Glen Cove and Long Beach .

geography

The Town of Oyster Bay is located on Long Island and stretches south from Long Island Sound to South Oyster Bay and the open Atlantic Ocean . Adjacent to the west are the other two towns of Nassau County, North Hempstead and south of it Hempstead . In addition, the urban area in the northwest encloses that of the City of Glen Cove , without Glen Cove being part of Oyster Bay. The eastern border of Oyster Bay forms the border between Nassau and Suffolk Counties .

According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of ​​439 km², of which 270 km² is land and 169 km² (= 38.42%) is water. The landscape corresponds to the predominant distribution on Long Island: the north shore is mostly hilly, on the south shore there are sandy beaches, and in between there is a plain.

The 1990 and 2000 census figures are not directly comparable because the town swapped territories with both Hempstead (Nassau County) and Babylon (Suffolk County). In addition, the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County has ceded areas to Oyster Bay.

The following 18 Villages are located in Oyster Bay : (in brackets, year of establishment)

There are also 18 hamlets within the town:

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Oyster Bay, New York  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ New York: 2000 Population and Housing Unit Counts ( English , PDF, 10.6 MB) September 2003. Accessed September 3, 2012th